that "we've removed the hated tweet function" thing is too real. I don't get this at all. the fav (rip) / like button is elemental to twitter.
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
all we can do here is FP and it works okay
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
why is the favorite an essential feature?
― k3vin k., Monday, 29 October 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
it lets you communicate "yeah" to the tweeter without burdening them with reading your words
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
it allows u to tell ppl their tweet is your fave
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
it also imo motivates people to tweet more
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
the vast majority of twitter users have small follow counts and don't get replies. without the reassurance that somebody is reading (and enjoying) your ramblings, you're more likely to stop talking or go somewhere else
xp
― fred-a van vleet (voodoo chili), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
in other words, brad otm
yep
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
ya get a little dopamine rush from a tweet that "does well"
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
i think we can all agree that the feature they shd eliminate is tweets themselves
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
I’d be cool with getting rid of both likes and retweets lol
― k3vin k., Monday, 29 October 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
no way RTs are really actually twitters only good feature
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
― fred-a van vleet (voodoo chili), Monday, October 29, 2018 1:11 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
perhaps, but I’d guess that the twitter overlords have data on this that suggests otherwise or else they wouldn’t consider doing this
twitter is a cesspool tbh anything that encourages engagement and conversation rather than mindless liking and retweeting is fine by me
― k3vin k., Monday, 29 October 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
you can retweet but you actually should have to say something
― k3vin k., Monday, 29 October 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
have u ever read the comments man
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, October 29, 2018 10:18 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
listen, i too support the death of the website twitter
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
the way the twitter overlords run twitter suggests they know nothing about their active user base nor do they understand how to attract new users
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
Twitter's executives, and especially @jack, have no idea what they've built, what people like about it, or why it is failing.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
RT
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
twitter is a really bad platform for conversation though
if not for the system of liking and retweeting I probably wouldn't see any of the good tweets
― frogbs, Monday, 29 October 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
Twitter is a cesspool and the sooner the platform dies the better. I’ve reported so many vile accounts and nothing’s been done about them. Of course, the pipe bomber was on there threatening people who were being told by Twitter he didn’t violate their TOS, so.
― gyac, Monday, 29 October 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
murder is not, technically, a violation of our TOS
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
It's cool how twitter has a button for "I want to show this tweet to my followers" and a button for "I like this but I don't want to show it to my followers" and they're just gradually reversing what the two buttons do— Mike F (@mikefossey) October 10, 2018
― flopson, Monday, 29 October 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
Twitter (mostly Jack) has a lot of problems w/r/t hate speech and who they ban/who they allow. But the medium is imo by far the best and most interesting of all the social media platforms. it's the only one that's idiosyncratic and isn't completely antiseptic like FB or straightforward IG. they need to either fire Jack or get serious about their hate speech priorities but I really hope it doesn't die, it's the only dynamic social media platform out there.
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
yeah the way they've handled the hate speech and the harassment and the bot stuff has been bad but I'm not sure that's the same issue as the other stuff we're talking about
― k3vin k., Monday, 29 October 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
my experience of twitter was not remotely dynamic, it is often a bunch of self-impressed people shouting identical jokes
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
and it was even this way in 2015 before the world ended and after severely culling who i followed
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
it's entirely up to the people you follow and how interested you are in reorienting your brain to the peculiarities of the site. I don't doubt you had a bad experience but one's experience is mostly dictated by those you follow, how often you check it, how much you like viral phenomena and are fascinated by the way memes spread (like I am).
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
I follow around 400 people and I actually like the "so and so liked this tweet by this person you don't follow" feature. also I love how direct from brain it is - yes, it is a cesspool because people are sick in the head. I find this fascinating, and often exhausting... but I'd really like to see FB go down and Twitter survive. IG can stay.
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
the fact that they straight up said the TOS doesn't apply to fascists with power kinda says it all
― frogbs, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
i will say that twitter being inextricably wrapped up with my career (media) probably poisoned me toward it early
but also everything you've described is awful flappy
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
i used to think it was amusing to idly observe the behavior of people who were demented but now that they are in charge, the thrill is gone
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
I'm in the same boat re: work, it's the only reason I'm still on FB and I hate it... the reticence to ban hate speech is disgusting but I guess ymmv as far as the functionality of the site. I just love how chaotic and insane it is. and it's not exactly a picnic, I get insane people yelling at me in my menchies (hehehehehehe) all the time. But at the same time I appreciate the insight it allows into everyone's thought process, because it so lends itself to impulsive behavior and revealing moments. I understand why this sounds like hell to some people though.
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
why would you want to know anything about anyone
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
flappy bird you must be coming at this from a position of relative safetywhen i start to feel my safety threatened, it becomes less enjoyable to keep an eye on fringe thought because it isn't so fringe anymoreit's definitely not fun
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
ymmv
the abridged version of the twitter terms of service
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
several people here and elsewhere referencing twitter's forthcoming sell-off to be a factor in removing the like button. idgi? why would that make it a more attractive company to buy?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
imo its something about how the cowards ratio is fucking up the algo to big up nasty shit people are afraid to repeat
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Karl my read is that they're just trying new product directions every quarter or so to see what it does to their metrics so they can shop them around again. Like last year it was 280 characters, this year it's removing favs, next year it's gonna be a new button where when you click it it electrocutes your genitals
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 29 October 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
faving is at the very heart of social media life
this is the very reason why it has to go
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 29 October 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 October 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
i almost never look at facebook anymore but i still check twitter like a madman
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
I spent the weekend logged into Twitter and I still like it but it sucks
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 29 October 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
twitter's good for talking to acquaintances who are too distant to ever expect them to want to, like, text you
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 29 October 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
twitter for sports is good. wish the music discussion would come back here tho, convos just come and go so quickly and everyone moves on to the next thing within hours.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 29 October 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
saw some study that purported to show that basically all youths are deleting facebook with increasing rapidity which is cool, of course they do own instagram too
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
Hi, sorry to just come in and blurt out nothing relative to anything, but I have registered for Twitter, mostly as a way to help get the word of my documentary and upcoming music out into the world.
https://twitter.com/gaustinanderson
I know nothing about Twitter, so please excuse my lack of etiquette.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 29 October 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
just type your most deranged thoughts in the box then tap tweet
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 October 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
So, what do I use ilx for, then?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 29 October 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link